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mentation of some of their baskets, particularly those worn as hats. 

 (V. K. Chesnut, 1902.) The Hupa Indians of Humboldt County, Cali- 

 fornia, and other near])y tribes use the stems in the same way. The 

 practice extends also to the Snohomish Indians of western Washington 

 (C. M. Buchanan, letter) and to the Tlinkit Indians of southern Alaska. 

 (G. T. Emmons, letter). 



Agave deserti. -^ Pesert Agave. 



In the coiled basket bowls of the Coahuilla Indians of southern 

 California the cleaned fiber from the leaves is used to form the first 

 few turns of the coil, which is then continued with grass stems. Evi- 

 dently the grass is not sufiiciently flexible to make these first turns 

 without breaking, but the Agave fiber answers the purpose admirably. 

 (Cat. Nos. 207580 and 20T581, U.S.N.M.) Some of the basket hats of 

 the Diegueno Indians of San Diego County, California, are woven from 

 cords made of the cleaned and twisted fiber, and from their great 

 strength must be almost indestructible b}^ a.ny ordinary wear. (Cat. 

 No. 19T61, U.S.N.M.) 



Alnus oreg-ana. Red Alder. 



Among the Hupa Indians of northern California the roots are some- 

 times used as weft at the beginning of a l)asket and in a round between 

 the bottom and the sides (P. E. Goddard, notes). 



Alnus rhombifolia. White Alder. 



Various species of alder have ])een used by the American aborigines 

 to produce an orange or red-brown dye, l)ut the only authenticated 

 use of alder in dyeing basket materials seems to he that of Alnus 

 rhonihi/olia among the Hupa, Yuki, and other Indians of northern 

 California. The dye is obtained from the bark by infusion in water, 

 or sometimes the bark is chewed and the material to be dyed is drawn 

 through the mouth. 



Amaranthus palmeri. Amaranth. 



Ko'-mo (Moki). 



This is the source of a pink to purple dye used in the coiled and wicker 

 plaques of the Moki Indians of northern Arizona, (W. Hough, 

 notes.) The identification is by C. F. Millspaugh. 



Amelanchier alnifolia. Sarvieel)erry. 



I-ta^-ge (Apache). 

 Chak (Klamath). 



The small, straight, peeled branches of this and other species of 

 Amelanchier are used by the Apaches of the White Mountain Indiar 

 Reservation, Arizona, to form the uprights in their large carr3nug 

 baskets, a use for which the very tough wood is well adapted. The 



